Technology Fiction For Children

How does a seed become a yummy ear of corn? A farmer plants seeds. The seeds change into plants. Plants grow. Soon cobs grow on the plants. Learn about the life cycle of corn step by step.

Honey is a sweet treat! But where does it come from? Flowers open. A bee flies to the flowers. The bee drinks nectar. The bees fly home. Discover what happens next in the process of making of honey.

How does a seed turn into a tasty apple? The seed spouts. The tree grows. Then the tree flowers. Next small apples grow. The apples ripen. Listen to how apples grow step by step.

Introduce listeners to the concept of food chains by examining what four animals eat. Pair this nonfiction title with its companion fiction story, Hungry Little Bear.

See what pulls and pushes can do through several examples of forces and motion in everyday life. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, Milo and the Ball.

Learn about different states of matter by examining water as liquid, solid, and gas. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, Making Tea.

Discover the variety of animals that live in the rain forest, including frogs, jaguars, monkeys, parrots, and sloths. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, Up the Tree.

What sorts of animals live in the forest? You'll hear about squirrels, birds, butterflies, rabbits, skunks, and snakes. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, A Good Nut.

Dive beneath the waves to meet the crabs, fish, turtles, whales, and seaweed that live in the ocean habitat. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, The Fish.

What roams through grassland habitats? Discover bison, elephants, giraffes, kangaroos, lions, and zebra. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, My Baby Elephant.

When a bass lunges at Puffer, he suddenly blows up like a beach ball! Now twice his size, Puffer is able to face the dangers of the deep! Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, Puffer's Surprise is a fun and informative story.

Zhili-byli kot, drozd da petushok - zolotoj grebeshok. Zhili oni v lesu, v izbushke. Kot da drozd hodjat v les drova rubit', a petushka odnogo ostavljajut....

Once there was a woman who had both a daughter of her own, whom she loved, and a stepdaughter, whom she hated. One day, the woman ordered her husband to take her stepdaughter out into the winter fields and leave her there to die, and he obeyed. Morozko finds her there; she is polite and kind to him, so he gives her a chest full of beautiful things and fine garments.

Zhili muzhik da baba. U nih byla dochka da synok malen'kij. - Dochen'ka, - govorila mat', - my pojdem na rabotu, beregi bratca! Ne hodi so dvora, bud' umnicej - my kupim tebe platochek. Otec s mater'ju ushli, a dochka pozabyla, chto ej prikazyvali: posadila bratca na travke pod okoshko, sama pobezhala na ulicu, zaigralas', zaguljalas'.

Zhili-byli babushka-starushka, vnuchka-hohotushka, kurochka-klohtushka i myshka-norushka. Kazhdyj den' hodili oni za vodoj. U babushki byli vedra bol'shie, u vnuchki - pomen'she, u kurochki - s ogurchik, u myshki - s naperstochek.

Stoit v pole teremok. Bezhit mimo myshka-norushka. Uvidela teremok, ostanovilas' i sprashivaet: - Terem-teremok! Kto v tereme zhivjot? Nikto ne otzyvaetsja. Voshla myshka v teremok i stala tam zhit'....

Books are often used to put children to bed. But what happens after we close our eyes? The world keeps spinning, people go to work, machines plug on, and many of the Earth's living creatures are just waking up! While You Were Sleeping is going to fill its readers in on everything they're missing after they drift off to sleep. The book is divided into six chapters (animals, the human body, space, pop culture, and sports), with each chapter focusing on different activities that happen every night.

Robots help people in many situations. Some robots rescue people trapped by tornadoes or earthquakes. Others explore volcanoes and the sea floor. And some help scientists protect our environment. How might helper robots affect your life? Listen to this audiobook to find out!

Prichudlivye, polnye intrig priklyucheniya geroev povestej Charskoj perepletayutsya s ih vysokimi, blagorodnymi chuvstvami i postupkami. V tom mire, kotoryj sozdala Lidiya Charskaya, negodyayam i merzavcam ne udaetsya vzyat' verh nad svetlymi, chestnymi, chistymi dushami. Ee geroi takie, kakimi v glavnom navernyaka hotelos' by stat' i tebe: chtoby, nesmotrya na prepyatstviya, vse udavalos', chtoby tebya lyubili horoshie lyudi, a tvoya dusha otzyvalas' na etu lyubov', beskorystno ipredanno.

Sept petites histoires, qui mettent en scène des animaux, des objets, des enfants, et même une fée...